Financial reporting consequences of natural disasters: Evidence from the impact of resource constraints at audit offices on non-affected clients

Disaster-affected clients demand significant additional effort from their audit office, and hence strain the audit office’s resources available to other non-disaster-affected clients. We consider audit offices with disaster-affected clients to be strained offices and find that, compared with clients audited by non-strained audit offices, non-disaster-affected clients audited by strained audit offices are more likely to have their financial statements restated. This result suggests the financial reporting quality of companies not directly exposed to disasters could also be negatively affected by the disasters, due to their auditors’ strained-resource issue. We further find such a negative effect is more pronounced when the degree of resource constraints is greater and when the audit office lacks client experience or industry expertise. We offer novel evidence of financial reporting consequences of natural disasters, focusing on the externality of disasters on companies not directly affected by disasters. The findings have important implications for regulators in making disaster-related policies, for auditors in managing their client portfolios, and for companies in making auditor choice decisions.     

SERVCON: development and validation of a multidimensional service convenience scale

As customers have demanded greater convenience in service exchanges, researchers have responded by incorporating the convenience construct into their conceptual models and empirical studies, but a comprehensive, formally validated measure of convenience remains lacking. This study conceptualizes service convenience as a second-order, five-dimensional construct that reflects consumers’ perceived time and effort in purchasing or using a service. Service convenience dimensions are salient at different stages of the purchase decision process. Given this conceptualization, the study presents the development and validation of the SERVCON scale, a comprehensive instrument for measuring service convenience. The five dimensions are independent within a nomological network that illustrates distinct antecedent and consequent effects, and the results reinforce the multidimensional representation, offering insight into the distinctive relationships between each service convenience dimension and its antecedents, such as competitive intensity, and consequences, such as repurchase behavior. The findings help researchers and managers understand a fully conceptualized convenience construct and facilitate the measurement of convenience in future empirical studies.     

天津商业大学本科教学质量监控体系的构建与实践

本文对天津商业大学本科教学质量监控体系的构建和实践进行了阐述。构建一个系统化、科学化的教学质量监控体系必须坚持人和管理的指导思想,充分考虑构建教学质量体系的目标性、全员性、系统性和全程性原则。依据构建教学质量监控体系和原则,学校构建了由教学管理指挥系统、教学评估系统和教学监督系统组成的教学质量监控体系,经过多年的实践取得了良好的效果。     

中国OFDI影响出口的质量效应与成本效应研究——基于异质性产品价格分解模型

基于异质性产品价格分解模型，运用联合国UN Comtrade 2003-2016年产品-目的国层面出口数据，考察中国OFDI影响本国出口的质量效应和成本效应。研究发现：中国OFDI显著提升了出口产品质量，并对出口产品成本产生降低作用。从目的国收入看，金融危机前，中国OFDI对出口质量的提升以及对出口产品成本的降低作用，主要通过对高收入和中高收入国家的投资实现；而金融危机后，则主要通过对中低收入国家的投资实现。从产品类型看，中国OFDI显著提高了差异性产品和中间产品的出口质量，并对两类产品的成本产生降低作用；但对同质性产品和最终产品，只对其出口产品成本存在显著降低作用，对出口质量的提升作用不显著。因此，以投资带动贸易仍然是推动中国外贸高质量发展的有效举措。     

素质教育中高校班主任工作的思考

应试教育向素质教育转变，给高校班主任工作和班主任素质提出了要求。高校必须重视班主任素质提高，不断开创班主任工作新的局面。     

提高新建本科院校教学质量水平的探讨

教学质量是高校得以生存和发展的关键之所在。该文以嘉兴学院教学质量建设为个案,探索了加强新建本科高校教学质量建设的有效途径。     

论会计信息的相关性与可靠性

会计信息的可靠性和相关性是构成会计信息质量特征的两个重要方面,它们存在着相辅相成、此消彼长的关系,本文从相关性和可靠性的内涵和外延入手分析,详细阐述了两者的对立面,并就如何协调两者的关系提出自己的观点.     

高职院校图书馆与素质教育浅议

高校图书馆是学校的三大支柱之一,是高校教育培养人才的重要场所,在大学生素质教育中具有课堂教学无法替代的作用和优势.在大学生素质教育中,图书馆要充分发挥它的教育功能和服务功能,真正起到服务育人的作用.该文从高职院校培养人才的目标出发,结合图书馆的教育功能及图书馆开展素质教育的问题,提出一些具体的措施.     

湖南引进FDI的质量问题研究

利用FDI的质量可从引进FDI的质量和FDI的利用质量两方面分析,文章从项目平均规模、大中型企业的比例、结构、技术和管理知识含量、实际到位率和污染项目比例等指标实证分析了湖南引进FDI的质量;并提出了提高引进FDI质量的对策.     

增强高等学校核心竞争力的关键是提高教育教学质量

不断提高教育教学质量和办学效益是高等教育永恒的主题。在竞争日趋激烈的大环境下，随着高等教育规模不断扩大，社会对高等教育质量提出了更高的要求。为此，要树立全面大教育质量观，加强教学质量监控，规范管理，提高教育教学质量，增强学校核心竞争力。